Big Books of 2026

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Barbara Roberts (12 Lists)



Night by Elie WieselMere Christianity by C.S. LewisUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,245 books — 4,406 voters
John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinTruman by David McCulloughNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
3,697 books — 3,731 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,122 books — 2,353 voters
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. WhiteStilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45 by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Passage of Power by Robert A. CaroThe Day of Battle by Rick AtkinsonThe Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
Best American History Books
2,118 books — 2,488 voters

Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry WillsA Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce CattonLincoln by Gore VidalPersonal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant
Best American Civil War Books
1,004 books — 979 voters
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,279 books — 1,426 voters

RFK by Jack NewfieldPresident Reagan by Lou Cannon
The Washington Post's Best Political Nonfiction 2010
41 books — 36 voters
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,984 books — 1,286 voters

Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
JFK 50th Anniversary
26 books — 13 voters
First Ladies by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
U.S. First Ladies (nonfiction)
139 books — 28 voters

The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White
Hail to the Chief
40 books — 15 voters
Fortunate Son by Lewis B. Puller Jr.A Thousand Days by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.The Raven by Marquis JamesWashington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters